Dressed To Kill remains one of Pino Donaggio’s
most admired scores. To bring this expanded edition of the score to CD, we returned
to the actual 2″ 24-track session masters recorded by Tom Jung in New York and newly
remixed everything, creating brand new two-track stereo mixes for this release. Almost
every cue was present on these elements, stored in beautiful condition in the MGM
vaults; only three cues (tracks 1, 2 & 24) needed to be mastered from the existing twotrack
stereo mixes made back in 1980.

The audio advantage of the new mixes is apparent in two ways: 1) the instrumental
detail and clarity now exceed anything previously available, and 2) except for
the three aforementioned cues, the extreme amount of analog reverb of the original
two-track mixes (designed to mask the modest recording studio size) is no longer evident.
We used state-of-the-art Altiverb algorithms to allow the natural mid-size room
acoustics to prevail.

Donaggio wrote this sensational score with a deft balance between the beautiful
and the horrific. Strings, woodwinds, piano, harp and celesta all have their say but, interestingly,
Donaggio omitted trumpets and tuba, leaving French horns and trombones
alone to speak for the brass section.

Though this score has been previously available on LP and CD with 13 tracks
totaling 41 minutes, this new expanded release includes 24 tracks offering 58 minutes
of music. Now, enjoy being musically soothed and musically frightened by one of
the supreme masters of scoring both moods—Pino Donaggio.